xv, 407 pages ; 22 cm

Covers the history, founders, beliefs, and literature of over five hundred nonconventional and alternative religious movements

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. What is a cult? -- 2. The established cults. Church of Christ, Scientist (Christian Science) ; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) ; Fundamentalist or polygamy-practicing Mormon groups ; The "I AM" religious activity -- The Identity Movement ; Jehovah's Witnesses ; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ; Rosicrucians ; Satanism ; Spiritualism ; Theosophy ; Unity School of Christianity ; The Universal Peace Mission Movement of Father Divine ; Worldwide Church of God -- 3. The New Age movement -- 4. The newer cults. Christian Foundation ; The Church of Scientology ; The Church Universal and Triumphant (Summit Lighthouse) ; ECKANKAR ; Elan Vital (Divine Light Mission) ; Family of Love (Children of God) ; The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishna) ; The Local Church (Watchman Nee and Witness Lee) ; Nichiren Shoshu ; Osho (Rajneesh) Foundation International ; Sikh Dharma (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) ; Transcendental Meditation and the World Plan Executive Council ; The Unification Church ; Vajradhatu (Tibetan Buddhism) ; The Way International, Inc. ; Witchcraft and neopaganism -- 5. Counter-cult groups. Evangelical Christianity and the cults ; The anti-cult movement -- 6. Violence and the cults

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